· 10/17/1989
Nuclear Transport & Storage, Inc. v. United States
Citations
- 890 F.2d 1348
- 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 15832
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that claims for damages and injunctive relief against the United States and individual federal defendants in their official capacities were barred by the doctrine of sovereign immunity
- complaints asserting a Bivens cause of action are subject to the same heightened pleading requirements as claims under § 1983
- “Since the United States has not waived its sovereign-immunity and consented expressly to be sued in a Bivens-type action, such suits cannot be brought against the United States”
- “Since the United States has not waived its sovereign-immunity and consented expressly to be sued in a Bivens-type action, such suits cannot be brought against the United States”
- “Since the United States has not waived its sovereign-immunity and consented expressly to be sued in a Bivens-type action, such suits cannot be brought against the United States.”
- ‘Since the United States has not waived its sovereign-immunity and consented expressly to be sued in a Bivens-type action, such suits cannot be brought against the United States.” (citation omitted)
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Martin, Milburn, Contie
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